Ed Harris
American actor and director
Other than being a decent father, Pollock.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
That’s easy. I’ve consistently punched above my weight.
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Managing to stay on The One Show for over a decade. In an industry that is so fickle, I am astounded I am still there.
Having three great daughters, having been on the radio for nearly 50 years and not being dead.
Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.
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In the Beatles.
A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.
Like Celtic hitting the back of the net in the 90th minute of a Champions League football match.
I travelled all the way to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora borealis, then fell asleep and missed it.
Not much. Given that I’m up and active most mornings around 5am, I’ve had enough of everything by 9pm.
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